Monday, December 21, 2015

Do I Remember The Bluebells? Comments

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Yes, I remember bluebells; in the month of May.
Leaves overhead, unbudding, were still thin.
The lane was mired in puddles on soft clay,
reflecting sky and swallows, cumulous,
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Roy Ballard
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Gudrun Wroot 27 September 2016

This poem about bluebells brings back such wonderful memories of holidays in the Lakes, my husband, the dogs and myself walking through a bluebell carpeted wood on the shores of Lake Windermere in spring time. Thank you RE Ballard for capturing these moments so beautifully in your poem.

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Margaret O Driscoll 03 January 2016

A freshness and individuality in this piece, well done Roy!

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Edmund Strolis 23 December 2015

Nothing short of mesmerizing. I am so easily turned away by a forced phrase or clumsy metaphor and yet here you write with natural ease and illustration, original but not trying to be clever. The mark of a true observer of life. Clouds white as choir boys, sycamores a covert wood. Excellent..............

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